Hochberg Castle

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Gatehouse of the castle, built in 1593 by Heinrich Schickhardt

Hochberg Castle is a complex founded in the Middle Ages and expanded into a castle in the 16th century in the Hochberg district of the city of Remseck am Neckar in the Ludwigsburg district in Baden-Württemberg .

history

In the 13th century, the local noble lords of Hochberg- Hochdorf are passed down in Hochberg , who are said to have built the medieval core of the castle . From 1300 the lords of Nothaft were the successors of those of Hochberg-Hochdorf. In 1593, under the direction of the Württemberg court architect Heinrich Schickhardt , the palace was expanded to include a four-storey gate building and the south-eastern main front, including the stone house of the former castle, making it the so-called New Palace .

In 1779 the castle was converted into a summer residence by Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg , and from 1781 it was used by the dukes of Württemberg for hunting. In 1831 the castle of Württemberg was sold to the Ludwigsburg entrepreneur Nast, who built a lamp factory in the castle. In 1837, Caroline Countess von Marpalu bought the castle and sold it four years later to the Württemberg Foreign Minister and secret legation councilor Karl Eugen von Hügel . The castle remained in the possession of the Hügel family until 1936, when it came into civil possession through foreclosure auction.

The wine press, built in 1752, and the staff office building, built in 1778, date from the time of emergency. The wine press was used as such until it was closed in 1917. In 1990 and 1991 it was renovated and converted into a community hall. The former staff office building served as the staff office seat of the Hohenberg staff office from 1784 to 1821. The building has been a rectory since 1821.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d City of Remseck: Historical city tour through Hochberg (PDF; 1.6 MB). Accessed February 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ Dagmar Zimdars [edit.]: Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. Baden-Württemberg I. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin and Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , p. 361.
  3. ^ Ulrich Gräf: Art and cultural monuments in the Ludwigsburg district. Theiss, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8062-0466-7 , p. 246.
  4. ^ Description of the Oberamt Waiblingen. Published by the Royal Statistical-Topographical Bureau, Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1850, p. 155f.

Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 16 ′ 27.7 ″  E